We don’t have an image of this object online yet. V&A Images may have a photograph that we can’t show online, but it may be possible to supply one to you. Email us at vaimages@vam.ac.uk for guidance about fees and timescales, quoting the accession number: RPS.4266:21-2023
Find out about our images

Image of Gallery in South Kensington
Request to view at the Prints & Drawings Study Room, level F , Case XRP, Shelf 133

New York

Photograph
1910 (photographed)
Artist/Maker

A paper dust-cover with letterpressed title and attribution produced as a wrapper for the bound album of twenty sepia-toned tipped-in photogravures documenting New York by Alvin Langdon Coburn.


Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleNew York (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques
A letter-press printed dust jacket
Brief description
Paper dust jacket for bound album of photographs by Alvin Langdon Coburn, 'New York', including twenty tipped-in photogravures, with letter-press forward by H.G. Wells, 1910
Physical description
A paper dust-cover with letterpressed title and attribution produced as a wrapper for the bound album of twenty sepia-toned tipped-in photogravures documenting New York by Alvin Langdon Coburn.
Dimensions
  • Album height: 41.3cm
  • Album width: 32.2cm
Marks and inscriptions
NEW YORK / BY / ALVIN LANGDON COBURN' (letterpress in black ink)
Credit line
The Royal Photographic Society Collection at the V&A, acquired with the generous assistance of the National Lottery Heritage Fund and Art Fund
Other numbers
  • 8135 - Royal Photographic Society number
  • C37 - RPS identifier - box number
  • 2003-5001-2-26027 - Science Museum Group accession number
Collection
Accession number
RPS.4266:21-2023

About this object record

Explore the Collections contains over a million catalogue records, and over half a million images. It is a working database that includes information compiled over the life of the museum. Some of our records may contain offensive and discriminatory language, or reflect outdated ideas, practice and analysis. We are committed to addressing these issues, and to review and update our records accordingly.

You can write to us to suggest improvements to the record.

Suggest feedback

Record createdNovember 3, 2023
Record URL
Download as: JSON